W7_11 Hemispatial Neglect and Apraxia

Question 1

what is abulia?

Answer 1

lack of motivation

Question 2

what is acalculia?

Answer 2

can’t calculate

Question 3

what is agnosia?

Answer 3

lack of insight/knowledge

Question 4

what is agraphia?

Answer 4

can’t write

Question 5

what is alexia?

Answer 5

can’t read

Question 6

what is amnesia?

Answer 6

can’t remember

Question 7

what is aphasia?

Answer 7

can’t speak, understand, or takes a lot of effort

Question 8

what is apraxia?

Answer 8

can’t do

Question 9

what are three tests you can do for hemineglect?

Answer 9

auditory, visual, tactile extinction;
line bisection;
cancellation

Question 10

what is gerstmann’s syndrome?

Answer 10

acalculia;
agraphia without alexia;
finger agnosia;
impaired left/right discrimination

Question 11

which lesion causes gerstmann’s syndrome?

Answer 11

left parietal lesion

Question 12

which lesions can cause hemineglect?

Answer 12

right: parietal lobe;
prefrontal area;
cingulate gyrus;
striatum, post int.capsule, thalamus

Question 13

what is anosognosia?

Answer 13

unaware of own disability

Question 14

fact: lack of attention can look like a hemineglect issue

Answer 14

good

Question 15

what’s the difference between ideomotor apraxia and ideational apraxia?

Answer 15

ideomotor is inability to do something; ideational is inability to do right sequence (e.g. how to hang a picture on the wall)

Question 16

how do you lose praxis?

Answer 16

lesion to the dominant hemisphere association areas; not hemiparesis or hemisensory deficit

Question 17

what is the DDx of ideomotor apraxia?

Answer 17

nonfluent primary progressive aphasia/corticobasal syndrome;
alzheimer's;
progressive supranuclear palsy;
stroke;
parkinson's